1956 VFL Season Round 7: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1956 between Geelong and Essendon during round seven of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Bob Davis captained the hosts. Bill Hutchison captained the visitors with Roy McConnell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Dick Reynolds.

Geelong (15.17.107) defeated Essendon (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1956 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 26 May 1956
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,758

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 15.17.107 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 4 4 . 12 10 . 14 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Essendon 4 . 2 4 . 4 7 . 6 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin ESSE by 16 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 50 GEEL by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bob Davis
Coach: Reg Hickey

Essendon

Captain: Bill Hutchison
Vice-Captain: Roy McConnell
Coach: Dick Reynolds

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 2 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
4 Davis, Bob (c) ? ? 1 ?
18 Ferrari, Bruce ? ? 2 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
36 Helmer, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
35 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 3 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 0 ?
6 Pianto, Peter ? ? 1 ?
27 Rayson, Noel ? ? 2 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
26 Sharp, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Smith, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil ? ? 3 ?
21 Williams, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
37 Wiltshire, Bob ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bigelow, Doug ? ? 0 ?
2 Booth, Stan ? ? 0 ?
18 Burgess, Reg ? ? 0 ?
20 Carstairs, Jim ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 4 ?
6 Dench, Doug ? ? 0 ?
12 Diston, Morton ? ? 0 ?
24 Fox, Robert ? ? 1 ?
13 Gallagher, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Gamble, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
14 Heenan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
7 Hutchison, Bill (c) ? ? 1 ?
21 Knowles, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Leek, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
4 Lynch, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 McConnell, Roy (vc) ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
17 Nixon, Max ? ? 0 ?
34 Pascoe, Mal ? ? 0 ?
9 Sewell, Greg ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 9

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s